An initiative to legalize marijuana in Missouri is officially cleared for ballot placement following a month-long legal back-and-forth between the campaign and prohibitionists.
A lawsuit filed last month sought to keep the Legal Missouri 2022 reform proposal off the ballot after it was certified by the secretary of state. But after two lower courts dismissed the challenge, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered the final word that the legal battle is over.
Joy Sweeney, who is affiliated with the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), filed the lawsuit, alleging that the legalization initiative violated the single-subject rule for ballot measures under the state Constitution and that signatures were improperly certified.
With the support of the Colorado-based Protect Our Kids PAC, Sweeney first tried to get the measure knocked off the ballot in a county court, which ruled last week that she lacked standing to make the challenge because she didn’t prove state residency. That court also said it would have dismissed the lawsuit based on the merits, even if she did have standing.
Prohibitionists vowed to appeal, which they did in the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals. But on Monday, the three-judge panel determined that, while Sweeney did
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